Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-04-28

he rullng OF Ine 1llIelsltIe ooli'hio
sioners allowing reduced rates of travel
to be given to people attending the
Drill, will terd greatly to increase the
crowd ofvisltors. The leading railroad
lines of the country telegraph to head
quarters that they are expecting and
making arrangements to carry immense
numbers of excursionists to the specta-
Gle, and that the accommodations of
the Capital us regards board and shell
ter will probably be taxed to their ut
most capacity.
They are unnecessarily alarmed on
this point however. Washington is IL
city of hotels and boarding houses, and
It's adaptability to crowds has never
fully been tested. 1t was not uncom-
fortably full at the time of the Cleve-
land Inauguration, and it YVES estlmat-
ed that there were then two hundred
thousand strangers within her gates
Still the Drill committee, which seems
determined to leave nothing undone
that can add TO the pleasure and COM
fort of the occasion, will keep a list Of
hotels, boarding and lodging houses,
where rooms and beds with and with
out meals can be had.
Rooms are registered at prices rang
ing from 81 upward, and meals can be
had from rs cents upward. If those
wanting rooms will address the Nation
al Drill committee, stating just what
they want as to rooms, beds and meals,
, aid what they are willing to pay, they
will be put in communication with
persons who can furnish such accom-
modations. About the Dist. Of May
an official will be at each Of the rail.
way stations in this city to give the
same information to people arriving, so
as to enable them to repair directly to
such quarters rs are most convenient
to the station where they arrive
There is every indication that the
Drill will be successful in every partic-
uIar. The East, West, North and South
and every other section of the Union
will be represented in the contest, and
an abundance of funds for the expenses
of the whole affair were long ago sub
scribcd and paid into tn" treasury, 500
| 800 will be distributed in cash prizes,
| besides stands Of colors, gold, silver and
bronze medals, special medals and plate
trophies.
South Of the White House and be-
tween it and the Washington Monu-
ment is beautiful level elIipse, one
half mile in circumference. Here the
dailv contest will be held to show the
proficiency of the infantry, cavalry, ar
tlery and zouave tactics Each ev-
cning there will bt'a grand dress pa
rade, and on Governors Day the great
parade will take place, when it is cX-
pected that about twenty-five Chief
. Executives of States, together with the
President, will review the procession.
Grand stands for spectators will be
erected around the Drill grounds, and
the camp is to be on that broad eXpansc
Of green lying around the Washington
Monument. The Drill will commence
on the 23rd. of May and continue nine
days, closing on the Both, "Decoration
. Day. with. a grand combination pa
radc through the streets of the city. It
will be the largest gathering Of citizen
soldjerv, and the finest display of their
excellence in the manual OF arms and
military maneuvres that has eyer been
seen in this country.
State and other local drills have been
held at different places, many OF them
meeting with signal success. No ma
tional drill has ever before been at
tempted and one could not be carried
ont elsewhere than here. Military dis
plays have always been popular, "the
pomp and circumstance Of war always
attracts the multitude. The National
Capital will welcome the thousands Of
visitors who Will flock TO the coming
Encampment, in all the beauty Of her
best, and they will be surprised and de-
lighted with the broad asphal 1t avenues
lined with shade trees, forming miles
of green vistas, and with the statues
and fountains and parks and flowers
that they will see at every turn.
There have been numerous points Of
controversy between Second Controller
Maynard and Secretary Endlcott. The
Secretary Of War has not in all case
| been willing to accept the decisions of
/ the Second Controller, and has tried on
several occasions to have them reversed
Or overruled in some way. There has
been u conflict of authority, and Judge